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| Deal done to pass Scottish budget | Deal done to pass Scottish budget |
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| The Scottish Government has secured enough support to pass its budget for the coming year after striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats. | The Scottish Government has secured enough support to pass its budget for the coming year after striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats. |
| In return for the party's backing, ministers have agreed to take forward a strategy for boosting the economy. | In return for the party's backing, ministers have agreed to take forward a strategy for boosting the economy. |
| The minority government now hopes its £33bn spending plans can be passed on Wednesday, in the wake of their rejection by MSPs last week. | The minority government now hopes its £33bn spending plans can be passed on Wednesday, in the wake of their rejection by MSPs last week. |
| Tory backing will give the SNP enough votes to pass the budget. | Tory backing will give the SNP enough votes to pass the budget. |
| Ministers agreed to Liberal Democrat demands to make a submission to the Calman Commission on borrowing powers for the Scottish Parliament. | |
| The SNP has been highly critical of the commission, which is reviewing devolution 10 years on, because it has ruled out looking at independence. | |
| The government also backed Lib Dem calls for a finance sector jobs task force and a review of Scottish public spending. | |
| And ministers made a commitment to commission new school building projects this year, under its Scottish Futures Trust alternative to PPP/PFI funding. |